After more than 50 years on stage, singer David Coverdale is retiring. “It’s time for me to end it,” said the frontman of hard rock band Whitesnake (“Here I Go Again,” “Is This Love”) in a speech on YouTube. “Over the last few years, I realized it was time to hang up my rock ‘n’ roll platform shoes and skinny jeans,” says the 74-year-old.
The last 50 years have been an “incredible journey.” In the 1970s, Coverdale was the singer of the British rock band Deep Purple, with whom he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2016. In 1978 he founded the band Whitesnake. He released a joint album with Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page in 1993 (“Coverdale/Page”). Coverdale also appeared on stage with Whitesnake at the heavy metal festival in Wacken, Schleswig-Holstein.
“Be careful on the way.”
Coverdale expressed his thanks in his farewell: “I love you so much. I want to thank everyone who supported me: musicians, crew, fans, family.” Now he wants to enjoy his retirement “and I hope you can understand that.” Finally, he toasted the camera with a glass and said: “Goodbye.”
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